Section 240.470  Establishment of Pool-Wide Drilling Units Based Upon Reservoir Characteristics

a)         Upon application of any person having an interest in oil or gas in all or a portion of a reservoir, the Department shall consider the establishment of pool-wide drilling units other than specified in Section 240.410 of this Part for all or a portion of a reservoir for the production of oil or gas.

b)         Applications to establish pool-wide drilling units based upon reservoir characteristics shall be processed in accordance with Section 240.133 of this Part.

c)         The following pool-wide oil well spacing is established by the Department.

1)         Ten acre spacing is established for the Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 16, 17, 20, 21 and 29 of Township 3 North, Range 3 West, Schuyler County, Illinois, known as the Brooklyn Pool.

2)         Ten acre spacing is established for the Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 29, 30, 31 and 32 of Township 1 South, Range 3 West, Sections 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 35 and 36 of Township 1 South, Range 4 West, Sections 5, 6 and 8 of Township 2 South, Range 3 West and Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of Township 2 South, Range 4 West, Brown County, Illinois, known as the Buckhorn Consolidated Pool.

3)         Ten acre spacing is established for the Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 8, 9, 15, 16 and 17 of Township 2 South, Range 4 West, Brown County, Illinois, known as the Siloam Pool.

4)         Ten acre spacing is established for the Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 6 and 7 of Township 1 North, Range 1 West, Sections 1, 2 and 12 of Township 1 North, Range 2 West and Sections 35 and 36 of Township 2 North, Range 2 West, Schuyler County, Illinois, known as the Rushville Central Pool.

5)         Ten acre spacing is established for the Devonian and Silurian Limestone in Sections 25 and 36 of Township 1 South, Range 5 West, Sections 1, 2, 10, 11  and 12 of Township 2 South, Range 5 West, Adams County, Illinois and in Section 7 of Township 2 South, Range 4 West, Brown County, Illinois, known as the Kellerville Pool.

6)         Ten acre spacing is established for the St. Louis Limestone (Mississippian) in Sections 6, 7, 18 and 19 of Township 11 North, Range 11 East and Sections 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 28, 29 and 30 of Township 11 North, Range 14 West, Clark County, Illinois, known as the Westfield Pool.

7)         Ten acre spacing is established for the St. Louis/Salem (Mississippian) Limestone in Sections 31, 32, 33 and 34 of Township 12 North, Range 14 West, Clark County, Illinois, known as the Westfield Pool.

8)         Ten acre spacing is established for the St. Louis/Salem (Mississippian) Limestone in Sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 12 and 13 of Township 9 North, Range 14 West and in Sections 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 and 36 of Township 10 North, Range 14 West, Clark County, Illinois, known as the Martinsville Pool.

9)         Ten acre spacing is established for the St. Louis/Salem (Mississippian) Limestone in Sections 22, 23, 26, 27, 34 and 35 of Township 9 North, Range 14 West, Clark County, Illinois, known as the Johnson South Pool.

10)       Ten acre spacing is established for the Trenton Limestone in Sections 34 and 35 of Township 1 South, Range 10 West and in Sections 2, 3, 11 and 24 of Township 2 South, Range 10 West, Monroe County, Illinois, known as the Waterloo Pool.

11)       Ten acre spacing is established for the Trenton Limestone in Sections 27, 33 and 34 of Township 1 North, Range 10 West, St. Clair County, Illinois, known as the Dupo Pool.

12)       Ten acre spacing is established for the Silurian (reef section) in the S1/2 SE1/4 and south 12 acres of fractional SW1/4 of Section 18; S1/2 SW1/4 of Section 17; NW1/4 and N1/2 SW1/4 and SW1/4 SW1/4 of Section 20; all of Section 19 except the W1/2 S1/2 of fractional SW1/4, all located in Township 2 South, Range 3 West, Washington County, known as the Nashville Pool.

d)         The following pool-wide natural gas spacing is established by the Department.

            One hundred sixty acre spacing is established for the New Albany Shale Gas in the West half of Section 5, and all of Sections 6, 7, 8, 17, 18, 19 and 20 of Township 4 North, Range 10 West and in Sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 and 14 and the East half of Section 24, of Township 4 North, Range 11 West, Lawrence County, Illinois.

(Source:  Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 7164, effective June 3, 1997)